Recent advances in photo-activated sulfate radical-advanced oxidation process (SR-AOP) for refractory organic pollutants removal in water

Q Yang, Y Ma, F Chen, F Yao, J Sun, S Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent decades, a growing number of refractory organic pollutants with serious health
risks are frequently detected in aquatic environment. Sulfate radical (SO 4 radical dot−) …

Titanium dioxide: from engineering to applications

X Kang, S Liu, Z Dai, Y He, X Song, Z Tan - Catalysts, 2019 - mdpi.com
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanomaterials have garnered extensive scientific interest since
1972 and have been widely used in many areas, such as sustainable energy generation …

Hydrothermal synthesis of TiO2 nanorods: formation chemistry, growth mechanism, and tailoring of surface properties for photocatalytic activities

T Gupta, J Cho, J Prakash - Materials Today Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Titanium dioxide (TiO 2) is one of the best semiconductor photocatalysts with optical band
gap of 3.2 eV. The optical band gap and photocatalytic properties could be further tuned by …

Recent advances in floating TiO2-based photocatalysts for environmental application

Z Xing, J Zhang, J Cui, J Yin, T Zhao, J Kuang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
The light-harvesting and recycle of powder photocatalyst in suspended system are
bottlenecks for high-efficient solar photocatalysis. Floating photocatalyst are highly sought …

Characterisation of oxygen defects and nitrogen impurities in TiO2 photocatalysts using variable-temperature X-ray powder diffraction

C Foo, Y Li, K Lebedev, T Chen, S Day, C Tang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
TiO2-based powder materials have been widely studied as efficient photocatalysts for water
splitting due to their low cost, photo-responsivity, earthly abundance, chemical and thermal …

[HTML][HTML] Visible-light activation of TiO2 photocatalysts: Advances in theory and experiments

V Etacheri, C Di Valentin, J Schneider… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The remarkable achievement by Fujishima and Honda (1972) in the photo-electrochemical
water splitting results in the extensive use of TiO 2 nanomaterials for environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Review of material design and reactor engineering on TiO2 photocatalysis for CO2 reduction

O Ola, MM Maroto-Valer - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C …, 2015 - Elsevier
The continuous combustion of non-renewable fossil fuels and depletion of existing
resources is intensifying the research and development of alternative future energy options …

Self-cleaning applications of TiO2 by photo-induced hydrophilicity and photocatalysis

S Banerjee, DD Dionysiou, SC Pillai - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2015 - Elsevier
Self-cleaning materials have gained considerable attention for both their unique properties
and practical applications in energy and environmental areas. Recent examples of many …

Principles and mechanisms of photocatalytic dye degradation on TiO 2 based photocatalysts: a comparative overview

A Ajmal, I Majeed, RN Malik, H Idriss, MA Nadeem - Rsc Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The total annual production of synthetic dye is more than 7× 105 tons. Annually, through
only textile waste effluents, around one thousand tons of non-biodegradable textile dyes are …

Density functional theory estimate of halide perovskite band gap: When spin orbit coupling helps

T Das, G Di Liberto, G Pacchioni - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The description of the band gap of halide perovskites at the level of density functional theory
(DFT) has been subject of several studies but still presents significant problems and …